Author: Kumari Mahakumaragama

The inaugural Ceremony of the Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies 2021 / 2022, will be held on 15th January 2022 at 9.15am under the patronage of Senior Professor Lasantha Manawadu, Dean – Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Emeritus Professor P. D. Premasiri – Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Peradeniya and […]

The Department of Buddhist Studies Department organizes a guest lecture on 18th October 2021 from 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm.  The lecture will be delivered by Emeritus Professor Asanga Tilakerathne on ‘ Buddhist and Western Philosophical Categories: How compatible are they ?‘ .   Time: Oct 18, 2021 03:00 PM Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi   […]

The Department of Buddhist Studies organized a Guest Lecture on ‘Theravada Buddhism in SouthEast Asia : History and Today‘ under the MA in Buddhist Studies Programme 2019/2020 on 31st October 2020 from 9.00 am – 12.00 noon and 1.00pm – 4.00 pm via Zoom. The lecture was delivered by Ven. Professor Dr. Walmoruwe Piyaratnana, Director […]

Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies 2019/2020 program offered by the Department of Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts was inaugurated via zoom on 28th August 2020. Senior Professor Premakumara De Silva, Dean, Faculty of Arts attended as the Chief Guest and expressed his greetings for the Program and appreciated the Head of the Department’s contribution […]

The launching ceremony of the Collected Papers of Asanga Tilakaratne was held at Lotus Hall, BMICH, Colombo on 27th August 2020 4.00 pm onwards. In this great occasion, three volumes in Sinhala; Buddhist Philosophy and Ethics, Studies on Buddhist Modernity, and Buddhist Literature and Culture and five volumes in English; Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Ethics, Theravada […]